Twenty
people have been confirmed dead from a Cholera outbreak in Ebonyi state. The
state Director, Public Health and Disease Control, in the Ministry of Health,
Dr Chris Achi, who made this known to newsmen in Abakaliki, Ebonyi state, said
seven local government areas namely Ohaukwu, Izzi, Ezza North, Ishielu, Ebonyi,
Abakaliki and Ohaozara have recorded the highest number of cases.
Dr Ashi said one student of the Ebonyi State University has died from the epidemic while 9 of them are in the hospital after contracting the disease.
15 students of the Girls High School, Azuinyiokwu were also affected by the disease and were rushed to the Federal Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki, where they were treated and discharged.
Dr Ashi said the outbreak of the disease was largely due to the villagers in the communities fetching and using water from a dirty pond after their community boreholes stopped working...
Dr Ashi said one student of the Ebonyi State University has died from the epidemic while 9 of them are in the hospital after contracting the disease.
15 students of the Girls High School, Azuinyiokwu were also affected by the disease and were rushed to the Federal Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki, where they were treated and discharged.
Dr Ashi said the outbreak of the disease was largely due to the villagers in the communities fetching and using water from a dirty pond after their community boreholes stopped working...
"Some
of the community members have boreholes and when some of the boreholes
breakdown, the people, rather than repair it, resort to pond water. Hawkers
will display Suya along the road and flies perch on them and people patronize
them without considering the health implication. In Abakaliki, most houses do
not have toilet facilities and people defecate around the houses. This leads to
disease outbreak because the same flies that perch on the faeces also perch on
foods”. he said
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